Long-Term Ethanol and Corticosterone Co-Exposure Sensitize the Hippocampal CA1 Region Pyramidal Cells to Insult During Ethanol Withdrawal in an NMDA GluN2B Subunit-Dependent Manner

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2066-2073

  Butler, Tracy R ^a,b   Berry, Jennifer N ^a,b   Sharrett Field, Lynda J ^a,b   Pauly, James R ^a,b   Prendergast, Mark A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Dependence; HPA Axis; Ifenprodil; NMDA Receptor

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOSTERONE; IFENPRODIL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ETHANOL WITHDRAWAL; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SLICE CULTURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

RATTUS;

ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE; HPA AXIS; IFENPRODIL; NMDA RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CORTICOSTERONE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 84897052400     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12195     Document Type: Article

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